• For political and economic reasons
• For the generation of tourism dollars (largely from the therapeutic and recreational benefits of the hot springs)
• For the purpose of offsetting the cost of building the transcontinental railway (Lothian 1987)
Banff’s popularity quickly escalated to the point where the park was absorbing a wide variety of recreational demands including that of fishing, horse riding, hunting, mountain climbing, and so on. It also had to satisfy other demands for resources such as mining, logging, grazing, and a town site. Rollins (1993) suggested that as a case study, Banff represented the types of problems that parks in Canada has had to address over the past 110 years with respect to the management of its natural features, with many conflicting stakeholders harboring consumptive and non-consumptive designs on the use of the natural resources of the park.
In Canada and in many other countries around the world, national parks are broadly mandated with the dual purpose of
1. Protecting the representative natural areas
2. Encourage the public to properly understand, appreciate and enjoy the natural resources
Their main focus, therefore, is to balance recreational use with the protection of the unique land and water resources.
Historically, the preservation approach within the parks was not fully developed or emphasized. However, as the system of protected areas continues to grow, park management philosophies have become better integrated, recognizing that parks do not exist as ecological islands, but to be managed according to the environmental conditions both inside and outside their boundaries (Dearden 1991).
In places like Kerala, even though nature parks abound in almost all the districts of the state, very recently artificial amusement parks are also making a maiden entry. In UNPAID LINK DELETED is designed to offer a tourist a taste of everything that the state has to offer. The tour operators go the extra mile to satisfy a visitor with any taste or preference. Thus no visitor will ever be disappointed when on a visit to the state.

